The Perfect Getaway

Ps. 27:4-5  I'm asking God for one thing, only one thing: To live in His house my whole life long.  I'll contemplate His beauty; I'll study at His feet.  That's the only quiet, secure place in a noisy world.  The perfect getaway, far from the buzz of traffic. (MSG)

What would be your perfect getaway?  A secluded cabin in the mountains?  A sunny beach on a tropical island?  Generally speaking, it's a place we would visit for a day or maybe a week to rest and relax.  To escape the stress, the noise and the distractions of our usual daily lives.

David, in these verses, describes his perfect getaway.  Living (dwelling) in the house of the Lord every day of his life.  That is to say, having constant communion with Him.  Notice that David doesn't want to just visit God's house, he wants to live there.  It is so much the desire of his heart that he explains it as the one and only thing he asks of God.  He longs for the opportunity to just enjoy and consider fully and deeply God's beauty, loveliness, splendor and grace.  He seeks God's instruction.

Mary found that same perfect getaway.  That same "one thing" David talks about.  Jesus describes it as "the one thing needful" (Lk. 10:42).  She, not being distracted as was her sister Martha, sat at His feet and heard His word.  There she was, contemplating His beauty and studying at His feet.  She was experiencing the perfect getaway!

What we truly desire is what we will diligently seek.  Do our hearts truly desire the "one thing"?  Do we look and long for opportunities to spend time with Him enjoying His beauty and to be taught by Him?  Do we desire a place of His presence and a communion with Him above all else both now (here on earth) and forever (in heaven)?  Not only can we visit such a place, we can live there!  David found it.  Mary found it.  We can find it, too.  The perfect getaway.


Sock Monkey Snippet:  What we truly desire is what we will diligently seek.